To sometimes feel embarrassed for other people?

[TeapotsInJune]

The gravy covered boon thread inspired this!

I was in Ikea once in the cafe and a lady loaded a tray with food for her and her DCs and (I presume DH.) she turned away with the tray loaded with food and promptly tripped over one of her very young DCs, the tray flew out of hands and the plates, drinks, everything shattered and left such a mess. Crowded restaurant and everyone stopped talking and stared! Poor woman!

Has anyone else ever cringed on another's behalf?

Lol

As a teenager I was walking with my friend chatting. Suddenley she whispered her ex boyfriend was with his, friends nearby watching us. We carried on walking for a few steps and I asked her a question not realising I was walking alone as she had fell over a paving stone and was in a crumpled heap cherrty faced infront of her ex. How I didn.t scream out with laughter I do not know.

If I were the umbrella woman I'd have been laughing too!! It's good to laugh at oneself.

Chap came up to me in work yesterday and said "Jackie, they're waiting for you to to get to meeting room 5 so they can start the meeting"
I said "I'm not Jackie"
Why was I more embarrassed than him?

I'm the one you cringe for, walking into lamp posts, fall over, getting stuck in hedges I haven't covered the kids in food and drink in public, thats a biggie.

When I was 14 I was on holiday, in the swimming pool when a rather large man in speedos tried to make a quick entrance into the pool from the changing room. He was running the slipped landed on his bum the sort of slid into the pool.
I nearly drowned covering up my laughs.

I was that person once. Some formal ball thing when I was about 18 - was talking to very dishy father of an ex. I'd always had a secret thing for the father. Anyway - I was there trying hard to be witty and charming and tipped a plate of food down a seated lady's back.

Ohhh definite I would be helpless.

I got on a bus one day and sat next to this woman. She nodded towards the young chap opposite who was falling asleep holding a can of energy drink. We watched him lurch back and forth as his grip on the can loosened. Eventually he dropped it on the floor, at which a huge fizzy spume of it shot up and splattered him in the face. He got a big fright and cried out all girlish like.

Fuck me, we were in bits.

euphamia that is hilaroius

i have tears streaming down my face

Im sure it shouldnt be as funny as i am finding it!

proudneathgirl

You're from Neath?

How's the dark arch?

Yes, I get this too - must be a British thing! Someone asked me if I was pregnant a few years (I wasn't, just fat!) I wasn't hugely offended (thick skin!)but I felt mortified for her! For a split second I was tempted to say yes I am pregnant to save her being embarrassed, but then it would have spiralled into a Miranda-style vortex of ridiculous lies, so thought better of it!

Pictish, that made me snort my wine water...

I once saw someone trying to get to their seat in a packed cinema, in the dark so they were perfectly silhouetted against the screen, carefully picking their way over everyones's legs... before tripping over and falling flat on their face.

At least 100 people burst out laughing

I saw a well dressed man fall over dramatically in town....he stood up, looked around the staring and concerned people and said "I FELL!" and walked off. Made me laugh. He was young and unharmed.

When DS was just over a week old I was out in the garden hanging up a load of vests and sleepsuits while he had a nap. A friend of my mums walked past and called out "Can't be long now?". So I cheerfully told her he was inside in his Moses basket then ran inside to have a cry.

She turned up the following day with a gift, looking very sheepish!

Euphimia I think it was more in a "What are you looking at? I FELL! SO WHAT!" kind of way.

the German have a term for this.
It's called Fremdenschaemen - give or take an umlaut or two.

Fuckwittery you should have offered her a shilling to twist into the top like they did in the War!

Another here who would be the one you laughed at!
The worst was when I was about 34weeks pregnant with dc3 and i got wedged between a van that had parked on the kerb and a wall.
Luckily I shouted loud enough for the owner of the van to come out and move it a couple of inches.
I then waddled away very quickly befoew the bloke pissed hiself laughing.

Not my finest day, it has to be said!!

I was staying at a fairly posh hotel with spa one time, and by the side of the pool they had loungers where people could read the paper etc. one poor woman was reading her book with her legs bent up, her tampon string dangling out of the side of her swimsuit for all to see I felt really sorry for her but didn't have the guts to say anything to her...

I watched a yoof with his jeans trendily below his bum try to run, and get all caught up and fall over. I waited till he got up (and was obviously OK ) before I laughed. I deserve bonus points for being nice.

fuckwittery - Oh my GOD. That must have been HILARIOUS to watch. I cannot tell you how much I would have loved to have seen you doing all that.

This thread is funny!!